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<a href="https://www.inhabitat.com/ecouterre/tag/levis/">Levi Strauss</a> has teamed up with <a href="https://www.inhabitat.com/ecouterre/evrnu-transforms-garment-waste-into-useable-bio-based-fibers/">Evrnu</a>, a Seattle-based startup that reconstitutes old fibers into new, to create the world's first jeans made up of more than 50 percent <a href="https://www.inhabitat.com/ecouterre/tag/recycled-cotton">post-consumer cotton waste</a>. The two companies created the prototype, a pair of <a href="http://www.levi.com/US/en_US/category/men/fitnumber/511-slim">Levi's 511s</a>, using five used cotton T-shirts and a technique that Evrnu says consumes 98 percent less water than those associated with virgin-cotton products. The jeans, according to Evrnu CEO <a href="https://www.inhabitat.com/ecouterre/tag/stacy-flynn">Stacy Flynn</a>, provide a glimpse of a future where textiles are regenerated not just once but multiple times, paring down waste....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/ecouterre/levis-evrnu-create-first-jeans-made-from-post-consumer-cotton-waste/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Levi's x Evrnu

<a href="https://www.inhabitat.com/ecouterre/tag/levis/">Levi Strauss</a> has teamed up with <a href="https://www.inhabitat.com/ecouterre/evrnu-transforms-garment-waste-into-useable-bio-based-fibers/">Evrnu</a>, a Seattle-based startup that reconstitutes old fibers into new, to create the world's first jeans made up of more than 50 percent <a href="https://www.inhabitat.com/ecouterre/tag/recycled-cotton">post-consumer cotton waste</a>. The two companies created the prototype, a pair of <a href="http://www.levi.com/US/en_US/category/men/fitnumber/511-slim">Levi's 511s</a>, using five used cotton T-shirts and a technique that Evrnu says consumes 98 percent less water than those associated with virgin-cotton products. The jeans, according to Evrnu CEO <a href="https://www.inhabitat.com/ecouterre/tag/stacy-flynn">Stacy Flynn</a>, provide a glimpse of a future where textiles are regenerated not just once but multiple times, paring down waste....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/ecouterre/levis-evrnu-create-first-jeans-made-from-post-consumer-cotton-waste/'>READ ARTICLE</a>